Today in Tech News Digest, Chromebooks are revealed to have sold well in 2013, digital music sales are shown to have declined in 2013, the Vine app lands on the Web, Snapchat fails to apologize for the recent hack, a tweet becomes a newspaper advert, Pandora launches an alarm clock, Wikipedia adds a draft function, and a Tumblr tracking the source code used in film and TV gains attention.

This figure pushes the Chromebook ahead of Android tablets, Windows tablets, and Apple Macbooks (with 8.7-, 2.2-, and 1.8-percent market shares respectively). The price of these devices no doubt has some bearing on their popularity, but the speed of ascent managed by the humble Chromebook is still rather astonishing.

Digital Music Sales Decline In 2013

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The digital music market has declined for the first time since the iTunes Store was launched in 2003. According to Billboard, sales of digital tracks dropped 5.7%, from 1.34 billion units to 1.26 billion units, while sales of digital albums dropped 0.1% from 117.7 million units to 117.6 million units.

These figures suggest we’re on the cusp of another paradigm shift in the way people consume music (as well as other forms of entertainment media). The shift from physical to digital has already occurred, but the shift from digital sales to digital streaming is just now starting to push through into the mainstream thanks to the likes of Spotify and RdioSpotify vs. Rdio: A Complete ComparisonSpotify vs. Rdio: A Complete ComparisonI recently cancelled my Spotify Premium membership after a year of uninterrupted monthly payments to the company. This decision came about when I accidentally signed up for 14-days of free Rdio Unlimited. Quite frankly, I...Read More.

The Web app has been gifted an exclusive feature too: a ‘TV Mode’ that allows signed-in users to watch all of the videos in someone’s feed in both sequential order and full-screen glory. Vine is promising more improvements coming in 2014, and this is certainly a good start.

Pandora Alarm Clock

Music fans can now wake up to the sound of online radio station Pandora, with alarm clock features having been added to the latest iOS and Android releases. The Pandora alarm clock can be set for any time you like, with the snooze function allowing you to spend an extra few minutes in bed. So, just like any other alarm then, but with added Pandora goodness.

Source Code Tumblr

And finally, the producers of television shows and movies are going to have to be extra careful when choosing the code displayed on computers that are visible to viewers. This is thanks to a new Tumblr titled Source Code in TV and Films which catalogs the source code being passed off as real.